1046 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Parasitic on Siricidae. The European species leucoiipoides Hochenwarth has been successfully 

 introduced into New Zealand for the control of Sirex noctilio (Fabricius) in plantings of in- 

 troduced species of Pinus. I. leiicoapoicles is now considered to be a senior synonym of ciiltella- 

 tor Fabricius. 



Taxonomy: Weld, 1952. Cynipoidea 1905-1950, p. 150 (key to U. S. spp.). 



Biology: Cameron, 1965. Commonwlth. Inst. Biol. Control, Tech. Bui. 5: 18. 



anceps Say. Minn., Ark., Tex. 



Ibaliu ancepn Say, 1824. /» Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., App., p. 325. 9. 



leucospoides ensiger Norton. Transcont. introd. into N. Zeal, and Australia. Ibalia 



leucospoides leucospoides (Hochenwarth) is Palearctic. Host: Siricidae and Syntexidae in 

 conifers. 

 Ibalia ensiger Norton, 1862. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 1: 200. 9. 



Biology: Wickman, 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40: 19. — Wickman, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 

 1294. —Cameron, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 168. -Zondag, 1969. New Zeal. Jour. Sci. 12: 

 744. 

 maculipennis Haldeman. Que., Ont., Eastern U. S. Host: Tremex coloviba (L.). Differs from 

 scalpellator Westwood only by slight differences in color, teste Weld, 1952. Cynipoidea 

 1905-1950, p. 150. 

 Ibalia maculipennis Haldeman, 1846. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 3: 127. 9. 

 Ibalia fasciipennis Kieffer, 1909. Soc. Hist. Nat. Metz, Bui. 26: 57. 9. 



Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Misc. Collect. 99: 37 (male genitalia). 

 montana Cresson. Labrador, Nev., Wash., Oreg., Calif. 



Ibalia montana Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: Proc. xvii. 9. 



ruficollis Cameron. N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. Host: Sirex in conifers. 



Ibalia ruficollis Cameron, 1884. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 1884: 488. 9. 

 rufipes rufipes Cresson. Nova Scotia, N. B., Que., Ont., Man., Alta., Host: Sirex cyaneus Fab., 

 Urocerus gigas flacicornis (Fab.). The subspecies rufipes drewseni Borries is Palearctic. 



Ibalia rufipes Cresson, 1879. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 7: Proc. xvii. 9. 



Ibalia gigantea Yoshimoto, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 1196. 9, cJ. 



scalpellator Westwood. Ga. 



Ibalia scalpellator Westwood, 1837. In Guerin, Mag. Zool. 7: cl. 9, pi. 179, fig. 2. S. 



Family LIOPTERIDAE 



Subfamily MESOCYNIPINAE 

 Mostly exotic. Habits unknown. 



Genus PARAMBLYNOTUS Cameron 



Paraniblynotus Cameron, 1908. Entomologist 41: 299. 



Type-species: Paramblynotus punctulatus Cameron. Desig. by Rohwer and Fagan, 

 1917. 

 Allocynips Kieffer, 1914. Philippine Jour. Sci. 9 D : 185. 



Type-species: Allocynips ruficeps Kieffer. Monotypic 

 Mayrella Hedicke, 1922. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., p. 190. 



Type-species: Mayrella fonnosana Hedicke. Monotypic. 

 Baciana Barbotin, 1954. Soc Ent. France, Bui. 59: 125. 



Type-species: Baviana ferruginea Barbotin. Monotypic. 

 Decellea Benoit, 1956. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 53: 51. 



Type-species: Decellea yangavibicola Benoit. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Weld, 1962 (1961). Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 63: 279. -Maa, 1962. Taiwan Mus., 

 Quart. Jour. 15: 124. 

 zonatus Weld. Tex. 



Paraniblynotus zonatus Weld, 1944. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 46: 56, fig. 2. 9. 



